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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-01-15

Had the picture progressed far enough
for the sitter TO have forcseca q possible
failure, one could have understood her
ground for action; b4. it had hardly
been begun. The young painter has
since achieved fame and fortune, bit l
think that he Will not 500 forget this
carly experience III his career with his
American sitter. need scarcely remark,
I suppose, that these cases form an ez-
ccption amongst our country people that
come to Euroff. Bat I do wish that
these exceptional casase would stay at
horne.-Parts Lettlr.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-01-15
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Oatmeal forthe Complexion.

It would not be easy to in hand
somer women anywhere than the olt-
meal eaters Of Z linbur9h, writes a cor
respondent Of the Pittsburg Dsapatch,
and the only ladics<that equal them in
roseate health and classic beauty o. fig
ure, so far as l have observed, arc found
in the interior districts Of Ireland. Dat
meal would seem to have something to
10 with it, and everyone may remember
the reply Of the Scotchman to the taunt
Of DR.. johnson that the horses in Eng
land ate the same kind OF meal as the
men in Scotland. "Aht" said Scotchy,
.'but such horses and such men,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-01-15
The GIANT OF MEDICINES.
The Most Effective and Popular
Remedy Ever Discovered.
WHY rs TT SO EFFECTIVE I'm SO MANY
DIFFERENT DISEASES?
WHY one remedy r7naT

WHY one remedy IAN affect 50 manTc -+~ IS th:T The diseases have 8 common ca~,
' and TcD-I ~ tEat ta arc. NN@+' b|-"nHtt NoI.a
Al other orran - ia!v. ne N.l2ar whaa a&asa may tSf BE- free rom All nj
tbs verr fr rm !, hLs many pAp1t to DENY that iii dADSci but Ned
al authorities ageet t i @a} rfn" one hiHs disease no mt 9a gu fE+ho
verng the sense 7 Ta9: thus uu,susHonsy diseased it affects NJ cnffFc su>ff". -"
dont open wetekto SO il il! going II in good orI7 Wehok at thu hamA hap; ="
thee condition u the v-e1 Now taen. KIDNEY DISEASE produces ANY Of a~J~-
SVTTpTATFg naskache: Unusual desire to nrfnafe ar n6Th :: l#t7
Greasy Trnb IN tcater:l rrta-l hot and dry skin: Fnbi. ArFtt; acHt asa
tons: Acid bitter taste. with ucI TONGUE in ,e Morning. Headache and 4t@raA-a
Atundane Of raI",or scGetyJ otr' T caHh-colorcd raffr: scar St"IGSa3L - -
burr with DvsIarsa:I Intense pam upon ~ui1ne excitement, IN the Small the Back; =
pestto OF mucou some time after H,inGtton: Loss of Memory. AstIaNSnr &C ii.
and fever nd Pneumonia; Drpdcl Swcuia~; Red or Nhta brckd Nt, dtbtmen al
tab casts in thu acdtef: Constipation, atarnatng with IprneS: SAortt breath lR&
rEy and Bronchial afetons;Y eNowBh PAL skin etc.
These are only the chief disorders or symptoms Caa9dbv q diseased condition e:te
kidneys Now, then isn't clear t you t&tt he kidney, bIn- thee cause n a~'oIn-~
ntnt. If they are restored u hatl by tn great seIG, w arnc EE Care a
majority of thea bovea ailments VII disappear IAera is No MYSTERY tEot.f +
It does cure many bad states of tes system precisely as We have indicated. Ao","t'HIe
EIRvS.m ed diseased the 3bI1Nn,t the life prov ug Of tho blood Is 2St ouThiu "@s
and passes away in the water while heu1a the kidney pason, rnnanN, ann ills tMs hid
ueu poiS0n In the blood, thar. cruatn NJ throughout the entire boy.G GGctS ctcFg
organ, and produces all tic dborc sUnes t1m&
Therefore, " say confidently that warner SAL IF ire" IS III MtsNl r.
fEC1IIE LEDICItE EYER DTSTOE EtED fort tho human race Tits Tf@E-
mon remedy which. overcoming the common cause, renuore the greatest ps7 "c
Tumber OF eI effects r0n he SYSfCrr. Let us note Ter Oft these diseases ant s
they are affected By kidney poison. md cared by
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-01-15

-Inth. United States Senate. during a recent
denate, Sci a>or Vest, q Missouri, paid q high
tribute 70 tie merits Of st. Jacobs Oh. Other
prominent men have. aiso found i. pronq: IN
is cure O. rhe@-a Ism and neuralgia Price,
LIty cents ! bottle.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-01-15
Daughters. wives and Mothers.

SaQd fer Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free
secLru y sealed. Dir. J. r.. Narchisl. Utica, NJ
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-01-15

Ifyou hayenUmbness in arms and limbs, heart
n.ryous ana iir1rita52 in danger Of s2ociH
Ur. hilTner's GCriN-NEED regulates, relieves,
cOrTcct5 and cures.
No Daina2 n P.-,'s -Cl~9 for Consumption.
Cures whore Jt0es~remeJies faIl. PC.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-01-15

Throat troab es weld promptly 20 Red Star
CoQ.a Cure. q yo cAc3to ~ u s. Architect
Clark. lis ingredients are purely vegetable
and freq from cp.-tes. % cents.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-01-15

NAIaG one remedy can
w and a.r13-t2 ina:
an other organ Ia is1
the very fact teat i Is NOT
cal authorities agree
pain. because Il has faw
veylng the sense e pain;
90 not open Il watch 10 ae
the accuracy # ltsrale.
the condition OF the el
IOfrfnG Conn J
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
OPENING A WIFE'S LETTERS.

George William Curtis, in Hdrper's
Weekly, has this to say of the question
lately asked: "Can a husband open his
wife's letters?"
"While husband and wife are one to
each other they are two in the eyes OF
other people, and it may well happen that
a friend will desire to impart something
to a discreet woman which she would
not entrust to the babbling husband
Of that woman. Every life must have it's
own privacy and own place of retirement
The letter is of all things, the most per-
sonal and intimate thing. Its bloom is
gone when another eye sees it before the
one for which it is intended. It's aroma all
escapes when it is first opened by an
other person. One might as well get
secondhand clothing as a secondhand
letter. Here, then, is sacred right that
ought to be respected, and can be re
spected without any injury to domestic
life
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15

On the present occasion as the jerm
was slowly descending the Nile by the
force of the current only, there came off
from every village that we passed, large
flock of pigeons and alighted on the
grain as it WAS heaped up in the center
of the boat. Successive groups at last so
entirely covered the whole surface that
not grain could be seen. and this, while
the refs or captain, sat near the helm
smoking his pipe with the utmost COM
posure. At length [ could not forbear
asking him to whom all this grain be-
longed. He replied belongs, it all be-
longs to me-" I asked whether he did
not view with regret the immense con-
sumption of it going on before his eyes.
He then asked me, "Do you not think
that God who made the pigeons as we'll
as man intends them also to be fed?"
could not but say Certainly" as not"
he continued, "grain their natural
food?" confessed it was. "Can they
said he, "plough and SOW and reap
as we can to obtain it?' I was COM
PEELED to answer, mo" "Then was it
not clearly the intention OF the Creator
that they should take it wherever they
could find it?" I asked whether such
diminution in the store of grain before
us would not involve loss? "In quantity"
he replied, undoubtedly, for the bali
can never be equal to the whole; but not
in value, for this is the course of COM
MERGE. IL all the boats laden with grain
arrive at Alexandria without any diminu-
ton of their cargoes, there will be glut
in the market, and the price will fall. If
on the contrary, nearly half of each car
go should be consumed before it reaches
the port there will be short supply,
and prices will rise; SO that in all prob
ability shall get just as much money at
high prices for my half cargo as should
have done at low prices for the whole;
and thus you perceive, God does not per-
NIT me to be loser by my kindness to
his creatures. animal World.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
VEGETABLE PEARLS,

1t has been long known that in some
specimens of bamboo round stone is
found at the joints Of the cane This is
called "tabasheer," and is supposed to be
deposited from the silicious juices of the
cane. Another curiosity of the sort is the
"cocoanut stone" found in the endosperm
OF the cocoanut in Java and other East
Indian islands. It is, according to DR..
Kimmins, pure carbonate of lime, and
the shape of the stone is sometimes
round, sometimes pear. shaped, while the
appearance is that of a white pearl with
out much luster. Some of the stones are
as large as cherries and as hard as field
spar or opal. They are very rarely found,
and are regarded as precious stones by
Orientale, and charms against diseases,
or evil spirits by the natives. Stones of
the kind are also found in the pomegran-
ate and other East Indian fruits. Apatite
has also been discovered in the midst of
teak wood.-Engineering.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
THE SICK CHILD.

Child-O mother, lay your hand on my browl
o mother, mother, where am l now?
Why is the room so gaunt and great?
Why ami lying awake so late?
Mother Fear not at all; the night is till.
Nothing is here that means you i'll
Nothing but lamps the whole town
through,
And never a child awake but you.
Child-Mother, mother, speak lew in my ear,
Some of the things are so great and
near,
Some are so small and far away,
have a fear that cannot say.
What have l done, and what do fear.
And why are you crying, mother dear?
Mother-Out in the city sounds begin;
Thank the kind God, the carts come
in?
An hour or two more and God is kind,
The day shall be blue in the window
blind,
Then shall my child go sweetly asleep,
And dream of the birds and the hills
of sheep.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15

before them covered cup Of water, and
begins the prayers. Then he asks the
contracting parties if it is with their full
consent they engage themselves to be
married, and three times gives them the
water to drink. Mullahs sometimes put
in the water-vessel an arrow with a tuft
of hair tied thereto from the name of the
brides horse, or one of her ribbons;
others dip therein paper of written
prayers. The happy completion of mar.
riage is followed among the Kirghese by
feasting and games, and then the newly
married depart to the bridegroom's auI,
with the camels carrying the trousseau,
and the portion Of his wealth which a
father gives to each of his daughters on
her marriage. Harper's Magazine.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
TREATMENT OF SCARLET FEVER.

n In TEN vt 9OAhLEl l. rs
1t would be interesting if census
were to be taken with a view to ascertain
what treatment OF scarlet fever was most
in vogue among practitioners to-day. We
suspect that not an inconsiderable por-
ton of this vote would fall to the lot of
expectancy, by which must be understood
the absence of any attempt to arrest the
couree of the malsdy, combined with
great watchfulness of the symptoms and
the treatment of the most dangerous of
these morbid phenomena. The present
epidemic is for the most part of q mild
nature, but considerable attention has to
be given to the throat, which seems to
suffer in a marked degree, the glandu-
lar swelling being correspondingly mark
ed. Hence it will be found that gargles
of all kinds, and especially those of an an
tiseptic nature, are freely used, together
with congresses of various degrees of
heat and moisture applied to the neck.
Most practitioners, even those of the
most expectant schools, employ topical
applications to the throat and nose. Many
articles are used to relieve the thirst and
sensation of dryness, but nothing is more
effective than ice and little raspberry
vinegar. 1t is important to keep the nos
trils and nasal passages sweet and clean,
For cerebral symptoms, nothing is bet
ter than the application OF cold, either in
the mild form of lint soaked in ice water
and applied to the shaven head or in the
more effective capilline tubes, with irri-
cation. Compression of the carotid ar
teries and bleeding are seldom practiced
nowadays, either in scarlet or any other
fever. Aconite in minute doses, frequent
ly repeated, is still the favorite drug Of
many practitioners, but its employment
needs the exercise of clinical discretion
especially in children. Actual bathing
in cool or tepid water is practiced by but
few physicians, though the number Of
physicians who recommend the use OF
cold or tepid sponging, the patient lying
in bed on a macintosh, appears to be
largely on the increase. Most of the al
legged specific and curative agents have
long since lapsed into discredit. Bella
donna finds but few adherents and car
Donate of ammonia almost none. Con-
siderable difference of opinion exists on
the merits of Injunction with fat, cold
cream and the like, two of the most recent
authors on the diseases of children taking
opposite views, DR. Goodhart advocat-
ing and DR.. Angel Money opposing the
universal Injunction, though the latter
sees no objection to relieving the tension
OF the palms and soles by the application
of geoline or vaseline scented with euca-
lyptol-London Lancet.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
A CHASTITY TABLE.

In the Pitt Palace at Florence is ia.
BILE which, for originality in the matter
of construction and ghastliness in concep-
tiop, is probably without a rival. 1t was
made by Giuseppe Sagatti, who passed
several years of his Ifs in it's manufac-
ture. To the casual observer it gives the
impression of curious mosaic of mar
bles of different shades and colors, for it
looks like polished stone. In reality it
is composed OF human muscles and Wis.,
cera. No less than IA hundred bodies
were requisitioned fe9 the material. The
table is round, andabout yard in di-
ameter, with pedestal and four claw
feet, the whole being formed of petrified
human remains. The ornaments of the
pedestal are made from the intestinee,
the claws with hearts, ivers and lunge,
the natural color Of which is preserved.
The table top is constructed of muscles
artistically arranged, and it is bordered
with upward OF a hundred eyes, the eff
feet of which is said to be highly artistic,
since they retain all their luster and seem
to follow the observer. Ssgatti died about
fifty years ago. He obtained his bodies
from the hospitals and indursted them
by impregnation with mineral salts. =
Medical Circular.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
HOMELESS sPARRoWs.

The Grace Church sparrows in New
York have had knowing day." The
building adjoining the Grace Church
property has been torn down, and re.
moving the heavy vines of many years
growth, destroyed whole villages of nests
The sparrows few about in wild alarm
uttering notes of terror and protest, and
departed as writer remarks, probably
to Union Square, whore they have taken
up new quarters, and are feeling as blue
and disconsolste as New York family
that has passed through the sad expert
ence of May moving"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
The 4ton1e Circle.
TIRED OUT.

"Just tired out" the neighbors said,
Turning from the squalid bed
Where the weary woman lay,
Painting life's last hours away.
Save that sound of sobbing breath,
All was still as coming death;
For the frightened children covered.
Where with heavy brows that lowered.
Meath the long enduring strain,
The mute husband bore his pain.
Just tired out. far down below
Waves were fretting on the flow:
Aud the full re-current roar
Echoed upward from the shore;
Fainter grew the pulses beat
AS the worn hands plucked the sheet,
And the death damps gathered, where
RULED all the tangled hair.
Said the watcher at her side,
"She is waiting for the tide"
When the waves had ebbed anew,
The tired life was over, too;
Gone from want, and care and ill,
Very peacefully and still,
After all she bore aud wept,
Hard-worked wife and mother slept;
Very fair she looked and meek,
Long dark lashes swept her cheek,
Worn hands crossed upon her breast.
For the "weary was at rest"
-Au the Year Round.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
SONGS In THE NIGHT.

The Huguenots of France were ex-
tremely fond Of the psalms. Sometimes
they gathered at night round the ruins
of their demolished churches, thinking
to hear the sounds of psalms in the air.
An act of the parliament at Pau is in ex-
istence which attests this pious custom,
for it forbids the Huguenots to meet by
night at their ruined church of Orthez
to listen for the echo Of psalms.
A similar sentiment was once associat-
ed by the hunted Covenanters of Scot
land with the ruined church of Kirk
bride. In the graveyard near this church
are buried come who have suffered for
the faith. When the summer wind
played around the ruins on Sabbath
evening, the people fancied they could
hear the singing of songs which had been
sung on the moor by worshipping men,
fearful of Claverhouse's dragons, and
by dying men on the scaffold, whose awe
OF God had melted before the love (which
casteth out fear"
A Scotch poet entering into the popu
lar feeling which imagined ga song in the
night, as of holy solemnity," expresses
the sentiment.
Harkl from the far hill taps,
And low from the lauersome glen,
A sweet psalm-tune, like late dew, draps
Its accents down the win;
But naething on earth can disturb that sang
Not Clavers in a his pride;
For it's raised by the Lords ain ransomed
thrang,
For gathered aboon Kirkbride.
Youths Companion.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
5sarnr, 9tntrre and 6ardem.

SunfoUer Seeds.-This is the time of
year to feed sunhower seeds tn the hens,
as the seeds will assist them to mott.
Feed the seeds three times week.
CdTrots.-The carrot has more fatten-
ing qualities than other roots, and for
this reason is particularly adapted to
sheep, young cattle, and all animals in
tended for meat. Carrots will help to
fatten animals quickly and with less cost
than other roots, and quick fattening
produces tender and juicy meat.
SaUi1eg Melon Seeds.-It is useless to
save seed from large, first class melons,
If more varieties than one are growing on
the same location, as no reliability can be
placed on such seed next season. Not
only will varieties OF watermelons mix,
but it is unsafe to grow them in the
neighborhood of pumpkins. Corn OF
different varieties will also mix; even
when separated at great distances.
Grape Rot.-Where the grape rot has
previously existed in vineyards, it will
be necessary to begin this fall with the
use of the lime and copperas solution in
order to destroy the spores. 1t will re-
quire two seasons to become rid of it in
the vineyards, and the solution should be
used both..in the fall and spring by sprink-
ling it freely around the vines, as well as
spraying it over them. The solution is
a pound of copperas to four buckets OF
very thin whitewaeh.
HdrTOaUs.-For centuries there was no
improvement in the harrow. The same,
however, is true of the plough; but the
Improvement in ploughs began earlier
than il harrows. Within the last fifty
years considerable advancement has been
made in the latter, SO that instead of the
old A harrow, suited mainly or only for
very loose new ground, there are imple-
ments for pulverizing all kinds of soil.
Among the best of all these are the Disc,
the Thomas Smoothing, and the Acme,
each OF which may be profitsbly employed
on any ordinary good farm. The import
ance of thoroughly pulverizing the soil
is not yet as we'll understood as it should
be, and will be as land becomes scarcer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
THE INFLUENCE OF FLOWERS

THE INFLUENCE OF FLOWERS.
Since the earliest ages of the world
flowers have borne an important part.
They were dedicated to the gods. Venus
is represented wearing garland of roses;
Juno holds lily in her hand, and Ceres
is adorned with bearded wheat and corn
peoples. In the days OTTOMAN and Athe-
MAN luxury and refinement, flowers held
an essential place in festivities and re-
ligious exercises; They were heaped up
on affairs, bound to the heads OF beasts
which were sacrificed to appease the
wrath of the gods, and wreaths were worn
not only by women, but also by men,
whose heads were crowned with flowers
upon all festive occasions. As many
people made a business of raising and
arranging flowers in those ancient times
as at the present day, and every occasion
had it's particular adornment.
All over the world flowers are planted,
watered, weeded and cherished, and from
their influences the heart OF thousands
upon thousands are nourished and uplift-
ed to sense OF higher power. We can
not enjoy our lives fullywithout flowers,
and they are the cheapest OF pleasures.
A fve-cent packet of pansy seed will give
you at least twenty different varieties of
purple and gold and lilac, and blue and
cream color and white flowers, whose
lovely faces will look up into your eyes
with beauty all their own. Five cents
will purchase a packet of mignonette, of
whose odor one can never tire. Women,
therefore, cannot plead poverty to excuse
the fowerless condition of their surround
ings, because even three or four can club
together, paying only ten cents each, and
procure eight or ten varieties of seeds,
which will give each person an abun-
dance OF plants. Cultivate but few va
rieties as beginning. You will receive
tenfold return for your labor. have
always said should have a garden if
1. had to plant it is wheel-barrow and
tumble it around to catch the sunbeams.
Go into the woods in the early spring
and carry basket and a trowel, and
dig up some moss and fern roots with
partridge berries intermingled; add to
them some roots of the wind anemone
and wood sorrel, wild violet and saxifrage,
and plant them in a deep dish from your
pantry if nothing better is obtainable,
and keep them well watered in sunny
window where you can watch their
growth and see the tender ferns unroll
and the tiny flowers open; they will teach
you lesson of faith and love which you
can never forget.-American Garden.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-15
ONE EFFECT OF RAGE AND
JEALOUSY,

Your thoughts shape your face and
give to it its peculiar expression. Your
thoughts determine the attitude, car
rage and shape of your whole body. The
law for beauty and the law for perfect
health is the same. Both depend entire
ly on the state of your mind; or, IN other
words, on the kind OF thoughts, you
most put out and receive. Ugliness OF
expression comes Of unconscious trans
gression of law, be the ugliness in the
young or in the old. Any form Of decay
in the human body, any form of weak
nees, anything in the personal appear
ance of a man or woman which makes
them repulsive to you, is because their
prevailing mood of mind has made them
so.-Prentice MulfOrd.